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ROBERT SCHMID, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Laim Paten; No. 87,878, dated Ma-0h 16,1859.-

IMPROVE!) GELLAR FOR PRESERVIN G- BEER.

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. ne Schedule referred to ih these Letters Patent and making part ofthesame.

hQo all whom it may concern:

,.ingapart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a verticalsectional view of apreservingcellar, having my improvement applied toit.

Figure 2 is a top view of the improved floor of the cooling, orre'igeratingapartment.

Figure 3 is a vertical section, taken longitudinally through theimproved door.

Figure 4 is a view of one end of said floor.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalgures. v

For the purpose of preserving in cellars, during the fermenting-process,it is important to preserve a co'ol temperature, free from alterations;and to this end the floors for the ice-apartments have been made ofmetal entirely, and they have also been made entirely of wood; but it isfound that with the ironiloors the temperature will vary from 1 to 1&0above zero, and with wooden floors, the temperature will vary from 5 to8O above zero. In the former instance, the temperature is too low, andinthe latter instance it is too high. The temperatnre required forsuccessful fermentation, is found to be from 3 to 4 above zero, .andshould be unvariable.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing the floor of thereigerating-apartment, which is arranged directly over the cellar', ofwood and metal, combined and disposed in vsuch manner that the saggingof the joists of the ooring-plauks/to open and leak, and that themetallic portion of the door shall constitute about one-third of theexposed superficial area of the door, and serve as a trough forconducting the water from the ice, and also carrying the condensed vaporfrom the terincnting-cellar into a conduit, which is arranged beneathsaid-metallic portion, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings- S represents the preserving-cellar, whichis surrounded by walls "J, of masonry, and arranged beneath therefrigerating-apartment G, which latter may be enclosed by acontinuation of the cellar-walls J and by roof H..

These two apartments, viz, the cellar and refrigera-` This door iscomposed partly of metal, c, and partly of wood, E E, secured down uponjoists C D, which are sustained upon binding-joists A, as shown in figs.1 and 3.

The wooden sections E E, of the flooring-planks, constitute abouttwo-thirds of a superficial area of the entire floor, and the metalsection constitutes about one-third of the supercial area of the door.

The joists C C are :made of different heights, ac-

cording to the positions they occupy with relation toV the centre of themetallic section. c, so that the'flooring-planks, when nailed down uponthese joists, will incline toward this metallic section, on both sidesthereof, as shown in iigs. 1 and 2.

The floolingfplanks E E may be jointed together by tongues and grooves,running toward the said metallic section a, or any other suitable meansmay be adopted for jointiug said planks, so that the joints will notleak.

The section c may be made of sheet-metal, of suitable thickness toafford the required degree of strength, and it should be bent, so thatits sides will incline toward a common centre, thereby adapting it toseve as a trough for conducting the ice-water to a waste-pipe, c,leading intoa conduit, y, beneath the floor.

This metallic section a is secured down to short joists D, arranged at asuitable distance apart, and

at right angles to the joists C, and the longitudinal edges of thissection are extended short distances be neath the lowermost edges of thewoodensections E E, shown at b l), fig. 3.

The joists A may be sustained by wall-plates, or in any other suitablemanner, and these wall-supports may present inclined surfaces for thejoists A to rest upon, 'so that the entire floor will incline in twodirections toward' the pipe c, and thereby conduct ofi the water fromthe ice as rapidly as the ice melts. l

' Beneath the angle, or lowest part of the metallic section a, andsupported by straps e e, fastened to the joist-s A, is a gutter, orconduit, y, which, inclines toward a vertical pipe, h", that is arrangeddirectly below the pipe c, as shown in figs. 3 and 4.

Pipe h is thus arranged for conducting off the water as rapidly as it`escapes into conduit g from the pipe c, and this conduit g is arrangedas described, and extended the entire length of the floor-section a, forthe purpose of receiving all the water which runs down the inclinedbottom surfaces of the said section, and drips from the angle of thissection.

This Water is the result of the condensation of vapor, which rises inthe apartment S, upon the cold metallic surface of section a.Consequently the use of metal as a constituent part of the door, will,to a great degree, dry the atmosphere in -the apartment S, by condensingthe 'watery `vapor. The wooden sections ofthe floor being a much poorerconductor than the metal, and parting with the cold from the ice lessrapidly than metal, will not condense it I I the vapor as rapidly, butthe Wood, in consequence of this non-conducting property, Will preventan unnecessary Waste of ice, and modify the temperature in the apartmentS, by preventing it from becoming too cold therein.

It is important to preserve the joints of the oor Water-tight, and forthis purpose the edges of the metallic section a are carried beneath thelowermost edges of the wooden sections E E, as above described, so thatwhen the joists sag in the centre, the joints vbetween the said sectionswill not be opened nor caused to leak. I also, with' the same object inview, arrange the planks E in'a direction with the length of the j oistsA, so that the sagging of these joists will not open the joints betweenthe planks.

By thus constructing the partitionbetween the refrigerating andpreserving-apartments, which serves as the oor for one, and the ceilingfor the other, I am enabled to combine good and bad conductors of cold,in such proportions as will preserve an even temperature in thepreserving-apartment, which will neither be too warm nor too cold. Atthe same time, I preserve the ice inthe refrigerating-apartment fromrapidly melting.

While I prefer to adopt the relative proportion above stated, of woodand metal, in the construction of the improved loo'r, I do not eonlinemyself to these proportions, as they will vary according to theconstruction of the apartments, the non-conducting capacity of theseapartments, and other circumstances.

' Having described my invention, i

WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

l. The division of the refrigerating and preservingapartments G S,composed of wood and metal, supported and inclined, substantially as andfor the purposes described. j

2.V The Wooden flooring-planks EIand intermediate metallic section a,inclined as described, and overlapping each other at their joints,substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. In combination with the intermediate doubleinclined metallic sectiona, and inclined wooden sections E, the inclined trough g, for receivingthe water ofthe condensed vapor in apartment S, and the twodischarge-pipes c h, for carrying olf the Water' from the ice, and thatfrom the condensed vapor, substantially as described. A

4. The combination of metal and Wood, in about the relative proportionsspecified, and arranged substantially in the manner and for the purposedescribed.

ROBERT SOHMID.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. MOEQUIN, JosnPH HonTzEL.

